DOUBLY UNIPARENTAL INHERITANCE PAPERS

FIRST AUTHORS

Plazzi F.

Plazzi, F. and M. Passamonti. 2010. Towards a molecular phylogeny of Mollusks: Bivalves’ early evolution as

revealed by mitochondrial genes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57: 641–657. HERE

Plazzi, F., A. Ceregato, M. Taviani and M. Passamonti. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of bivalve mollusks: Ancient 

radiations and divergences as revealed by mitochondrial genes. PLoS ONE. 6(11): e27147. HERE

Plazzi, F. 2015. The detection of sex-linked heteroplasmy in Pseudocardium sachalinense (Bivalvia: Mactridae)

and its implications for the distribution of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. J. Zoolog.

Syst. Evol. Res. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12097 HERE

Plazzi, F., A. Cassano and M. Passamonti. 2015. The quest for Doubly Uniparental Inheritance in heterodont

bivalves and its detection in Meretrix lamarckii (Veneridae: Meretricinae). J. Zoolog. Syst. Evol. Res. 53: 

87–94. HERE